diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 8f18683..6ef9e99 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -68,6 +68,38 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemdup);
 
 /**
+ * __krealloc - like krealloc() but don't free @p.
+ * @p: object to reallocate memory for.
+ * @new_size: how many bytes of memory are required.
+ * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
+ *
+ * This function is like krealloc() except it never frees the originally
+ * allocated buffer. Use this if you don't want to free the buffer immediately
+ * like, for example, with RCU.
+ */
+void *__krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	void *ret;
+	size_t ks = 0;
+
+	if (unlikely(!new_size))
+		return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
+
+	if (p)
+		ks = ksize(p);
+
+	if (ks >= new_size)
+		return (void *)p;
+
+	ret = kmalloc_track_caller(new_size, flags);
+	if (ret && p)
+		memcpy(ret, p, ks);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__krealloc);
+
+/**
  * krealloc - reallocate memory. The contents will remain unchanged.
  * @p: object to reallocate memory for.
  * @new_size: how many bytes of memory are required.
@@ -81,24 +113,16 @@
 void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	void *ret;
-	size_t ks = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(!new_size)) {
 		kfree(p);
 		return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
 	}
 
-	if (p)
-		ks = ksize(p);
-
-	if (ks >= new_size)
-		return (void *)p;
-
-	ret = kmalloc_track_caller(new_size, flags);
-	if (ret && p) {
-		memcpy(ret, p, ks);
+	ret = __krealloc(p, new_size, flags);
+	if (ret && p != ret)
 		kfree(p);
-	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(krealloc);